On Fri, 10 Dec 2004, Kees Cook wrote:

Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 15:00:24 -0800 From: Kees Cook <inkscape@...62...> To: inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Inkscape-devel] OpenCD

These folks are creating a Windows-only OSS CD: http://theopencd.sunsite.dk/

I wish more GTK software ran on both windows and other operating systems. I feel much safer about the long term survival of any software (even proprietary) that doesn't limit itself to one platform.

They've had some discussions about possibly including Inkscape, and I'm worried about some of their impressions. I'm not sure how to address

their concerns. "Too much flux"

to an outsider the changes in the dependancies could be quite daunting.

and "Development has slowed" wtf!?

the time between releases was longer for 0.39 - 0.40

Inkscape provides nightly builds so I can very easily see new features but other may not realise what is going on or may be making their judgments based on how often the update news section of the website is updated.

their concerns. "Too much flux" and "Development has slowed" wtf!?

taken together seems almost mutually contradictory.

I wish they had contacted us, we could have made the v2.0 cut...

I'm surprised they didn't make contact as they contacted Dia, although I do know if anyone involved with Dia responsed or got involved in their dicussions.

http://theopencd.sunsite.dk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=540&highlight=inkscape http://theopencd.sunsite.dk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=717&highlight=inkscape

Although it is extremely helpful for testing to have Inkscape packaged with everything it needs I expect theOpenCD project would very much appreciate a version of Inkscape that was compiled against a seperate shared GTK because they are already shipping GTK for the Gnu Image manipulation program and Dia (and maybe Gaim and other apps too). A version of Inkscape that could run directly off the disk, might also grab their attention.

Sincerely

Alan Horkan

Free SVG Clip Art http://OpenClipArt.org Dia is for Diagrams http://gnome.org/projects/dia/ Inkscape, Draw Freely http://inkscape.org Abiword is Awesome http://abisource.com